TU Offense Produces Two Run-Rule Wins at Jayhawk Invitational

Friday, March 9

Lawrence, Kan.

2 PM

Tulsa

13-8

Green Bay

1-11

Tulsa

Green Bay

Photo by: Dave Crenshaw

TU Offense Produces Two Run-Rule Wins at Jayhawk Invitational

3/10/2018 1:43:00 AM | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

Game One Box Score (.pdf) | Game Two Box Score (.pdf) | Season Stats (.pdf)

LAWRENCE, Kan. – The University of Tulsa softball team opened play at the Jayhawk Invitational on Friday with a pair of run-rule victories over Green Bay and UMKC. TU defeated the Phoenix 11-2 in six innings before a 12-1, five-inning victory over the Kangaroos.

The Tulsa offense exploded for 23 runs off 22 hits, including seven extra-base hits, and hit .431 during the day as the Golden Hurricane improved to 14-8 on the season. Morgan Neal, Shelby Estocado and Tori Stafford all recorded four hits to back pitchers Samantha Pochop and Erin Harris, who combined to give up just three runs and held the opposition to a .179 batting average in 11 innings of work.

Additionally, Estocado and Hollingsworth each extended their hitting streaks to 14 and 13 games, respectively.

Tulsa started the day strong with four runs in the top of the first against the Phoenix (1-11). TU opened the contest with four hits, two of which were doubles, for a quick 2-0 lead. Stafford then drove in a run with a fielder's choice and a bases-loaded walk to Mikayla Whitten extended the cushion to 4-0.

Green Bay cut the deficit in half with a two-run bottom of the fourth, but TU responded with two in the fifth and five in the sixth to put the game out of reach.

In the fifth, Stafford double-home Estocado before scoring on a wild pitch. The Hurricane started the sixth inning with five straight hits, including a triple by Estocado and a two-run homer from Stafford, that pushed across its final five runs of the contest.

Pochop retired the side in order in the bottom of the panel to improve to 5-3 on the season. The freshman allowed just two runs on two hits with nine strikeouts in the winning effort.

In the second game of the day, Tulsa made quick work of the Kangaroos (4-13) and jumped ahead with an eight-run bottom of the second. The inning featured RBI hits from Sarah Briers, Whitten, Neal and Haley Meinen, while the squad also benefitted from two UMKC errors.

The Roos got one run back in the top of the third, but TU pushed the advantage to 12-1 with a four-spot in the bottom of the frame.

Neal and Estocado each drove in runs with singles and TU picked up a pair of runs on two wild pitches during the inning.

Harris picked up her first victory in the circle with one run allowed on five hits in five innings of work.

Tulsa will face Nebraska (13-7) at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday.

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